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Confederation of African Football picks five Ugandans on Standing committees

Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has selected five Ugandans on various standing committees for the period 2015-2017.

Edgar Watson, the Uganda FA Executive Officer told Xinhua on Monday evening that they had got communication from CAF about the updated composition of standing committees after a meeting was held in Cairo, Egypt.

"We are happy to announce that our FA President, Moses Magogo has been selected on the organising committee for the interclub competitions," said Watson. This committee will be headed by the CAF President himself Issa Hayatou and his Vice President Mohamed Raoouraoua (Algeria) will be the second in command.

Former President of the Uganda FA and now Vice President of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa), Lawrence Mulindwa has been selected on the organising committee for the U-20 African Championship. The committee will be headed by Mali' s FA President Amadou Diakite.

Zambia' s greatest footballer and now the FA President Kalusha Bwalya will head the organising committee for the U-17 African Championship.

Watson said he was also happy to be selected as a member on the technical and development committee. The committee also has two other members from the Cecafa region Magdi Shams El Din and Mohamed Abdallah Magzoub all from Sudan.

The other Ugandans selected are Dr James Sekajugo (medical committee) and Alex Luganda who is a member on the Appeal Board. Endi